Jeff Van Gundy Quotes

There's always room for quality players in a team. The trick as a manager is to figure out how to bring the best out of your team.

Hiddink really taught me a lot. We talked every day at Anzhi and I saw how he dealt with difficult situations, how he always seemed to know what the players needed. He was a great teacher. I hope I can be as successful as him.

I'm not comparing myself with anyone, but I am very confident about my captaincy, as I have already led India and in the IPL also. I have confidence I can bring out each player's ability fully and also give them a lot of confidence... I would like to stick to what I know best and what I have confidence in.

On the playing side, a lot of guys I played under were pretty good managers.

I've really gained an appreciation for what coaches do since I returned to the NFL.

Look, coaching is about human interaction and trying to know your players. Any coach would tell you that. I'm no different.

You can have great players, but if they don't want to be coached, what are you going to do?

Jim Tomsula is going to be great coach for us. Players' coach. Always around the guys. Someone that's willing to listen to what the players say and has their intake.

You have to have great players and great coaches working with you.

When Coach Belichick comes up to you during a game and says something to you, that's great.

Wenger is the best coach I've worked with.

Getting the best out of your best players gets the best out of the team.

Arsene knows what he wants and knows how to get the best out of you - that is why he gets such an impressive response from his players.

Martin O'Neill has definitely got the best out of me.

Phil Jackson was a brilliant basketball coach, not just because of the offense that he employed, but it was so many other things that went into it.

It is up to the coaches to tell me how to play.

The two things that make you a good head coach in this league are if you can get the players to respect you and if you can come across with a clear, consistent message.

I've always been a point guard, so being a coach on the floor, I've had to connect with every one of my teammates and find ways to motivate them, find ways to build them up.

A group of players go out and win a game in a style that gets the best out of them. That's the key to management.

I want to see if the player communicates with his teammates and how he responds to coaching. Another thing to remember is players' bodies can develop better than their skills.

A good objective of leadership is to help those who are doing poorly to do well and to help those who are doing well to do even better.

Really the team often will take on the personality of its coach.

I need to build my team around my weaknesses.

The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.

I think a captain is someone who captains on the cricket field but, most of the leadership that happens is off the cricket field. It's very easy to captain people on the cricket field, but if you can start leading them off the cricket field, and show them that trust, what you have in them.